OKNOTOK comprises remastered versions of OK Computer and its B-sides, plus three previously unreleased songs: "I Promise", "Man of War" and "Lift".

OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 comprises remastered versions of Radiohead's 1997 album OK Computer and its eight B-sides, plus three previously unreleased tracks: "I Promise", featuring strummed acoustic guitar,[1] marching band-like drums,[2] and Mellotron;[3] "Man of War", a ballad with strings, piano, and electric guitar;[4] and "Lift", a Britpop-like ballad.

The program lists the band members and the date 19 December 1996, plays several minutes of electronic tones, and displays the text: "Congratulations....you've found the secret message syd lives hmmmm.

[21] In January 2020, they added the OKNOTOK special edition cassette to their website as part of the Radiohead Public Library, an online archive of their work.

[22] OKNOTOK debuted at number two in the UK Albums Chart,[23] boosted by Radiohead's third headline performance at Glastonbury Festival.

The Observer wrote that the reissue, with its "excellent" unreleased songs, proved that Radiohead were "the world's greatest rock band, pushing the limits of what they, or anyone else, could achieve".

[41][42][43] The Record Collector critic Jamie Atkins praised the special edition, particularly its version of "Motion Picture Soundtrack", writing: "To these ears it's one of the performances of [Yorke's] career.

He begins sounding utterly wounded until – as if revelling in the places his voice is capable of taking the song – it ends up becoming something quite defiant.